In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
Crisologo Quispe says he halted operations at his gold mine in the Peruvian jungle in April after police used dynamite to blow up $350,000 loaders at a nearby site. Quispe fired 17 workers and moved machinery elsewhere on concern his concession in 428 hectares (1,057 acres) of jungle bordering the …
VILLUPURAM: Indiscriminate and illegal mining of sand along the Then Pennaiyar banks in the district has exposed several villages to severe ecological disaster, including depletion of ground water and intrusion of seawater in coastal aquifers. The state government, which identified four sites to mine sand along the river to meet …
In what may be a big relief for miners in Goa, the Centre will review its earlier notification banning mining activity within one kilometer of wildlife sanctuaries in the state. The indication came even as environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday emphasized that states with higher forest cover should not …
Backed By Politicians, Illegal River Sand Mining Thrives Across State Despite court interventions and government orders regulating it, illegal river sand mining is a thriving and lucrative activity across the state. Facilitated by politicians and corrupt officials, indiscriminate sand mining has ravaged rivers and forced villagers to pay a heavy …
SHILLONG: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) reiterated its ruling to ban rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya, but provided partial relief to coal mine owners by allowing them to transport the coal already extracted and lying in the different mines of the state in the wake of the ban. The decision …
Japan, the world’s fourth-largest buyer of timber products, needs to introduce laws and stricter oversight to stamp out imports of illegally logged wood, said the Environmental Investigation Agency, a lobbyist group. The country’s laws do not require private buyers of foreign timber to ensure it was legally logged nor do …
Committee will meet members of 25 mining firms today A Supreme Court appointed panel arrived in Bhubaneshwar to meet state officials and representatives from the mining industry, to investigate charges of illegalities in iron-ore and manganese mining. The panel's final report to be submitted before 30 July could have a …
Hyderabad: The AP government on Monday constituted an expert committee to examine the existing ‘Sand Mining Policy’ and suggest measures to simplify sand mining. The committee has been given the twin objective of coming up with suggestions that will not only help the government curb illegal sand mining, but, more …
As legal complications galore After the judiciary pulled the State Government to act on disposal of mining lease renewal applications in Odisha, the Mines Department, which intentionally had kept the RML applications pending for years without any disposal for the benefit of its political bosses, suddenly woke up to get …
PANAJI: A judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) court at Panaji directed the Old Goa police to conduct an inquiry and also register an FIR on the basis of a complaint seeking action against illegal sand mining within the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) in River Mandovi. Activist Kashinath Shetye had filed …
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Minister for Mines and Minerals Chaudhry Sher Ali asked Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) to cut off supply to stone crushers at Margalla Hills, claiming that the illegal stone crushing will damage the environment. “The district coordination officer should not issue licences for explosive materials used on Margalla …
Incidents of illegal sand mining, using heavy-duty suction pumps, were reported on Monday and Tuesday in the creek between Kharghar and Mansarovar railway stations. The NGO, Awaaz Foundation, which had earlier petitioned the National Green Tribunal (NGT) about the illegal sand mining in the state, has now complained to the …
Residents of Kankaria gram panchayat in Dhenkanal district have alleged that illegal mining has been going on in over 30 acres of Government land at Kantamalia and Chotatentuli villages under Gondia Block in the district for last one year. A petition to this effect signed by Khankira gram panchayat Sarapanch …
UWICE : A test flight of the country’s first ever drone, acquired for high-resolution photography and filming, for nature conservation purposes, was carried out recently. This test flight of the drone, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), was carried out at the closing of the first day of the 14th international …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to Central and state government on a petition seeking ban on illegal sand mining around Son Gharial Sanctuary in Sidhi district. Advocate and social activist Nithyananad Mishra had filed a complaint before NGT claiming that sand mining in and around Son river is …
Kenyan customs officials seized dozens of shipping containers holding hundreds of tonnes of illegally logged rosewood from Madagascar, they said on Wednesday, the largest bust of its kind and worth as much as $13 million. Illegal logging of hardwood in the Indian Ocean island's rain forests spiral led out of …
In view of reports of high mortality of peacocks in various parts of the country, due to poaching and for other reasons, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has directed the state chief wildlife wardens to grant highest degree of protection to the national bird. "Any case of mortality …
The Assam Government has launched a novel DNA indexing system for the one-horned rhinos in Assam to give a boost to the conservation efforts of the pachyderm, which are falling in numbers in the State due to rampant poaching. Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said that the Government has decided …
It has been found that logs of Saal, Sisau and Khayar, among others, are being smuggled from the National Forest area of Rautahat district. After sawing the trees, smugglers leave logs in the forest for some days. Later, they chop the green logs into pieces and smuggle them through the …
Illegal transaction of valuable minerals such as tourmaline and kainite has gone up at different places in Jajarkot due to lack of well-managed mines, thanks to government apathy. The illegal and haphazard extraction and export of minerals has caused leakage of tens of millions of rupees in government revenue. Government …
